Maximalist film

Genre of cinema

Maximalist film or maximalist cinema is related to the art and philosophy of maximalism.

Background

In the arts, maximalism, a reaction against minimalism, is an aesthetic of excess.[1] The philosophy can be summarized as "more is more", contrasting with the minimalist motto "less is more".

Notable filmmakers

This type of film includes the likes of directors:

List of notable maximalist films

20th century

21st century

Sources

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See also

References

  1. ^ It sparks joy. The rise of maximalism, where there's no such thing as too much|CBC News
  2. ^ Goodbye, Dragon Inn - Metrograph
  3. ^ The 1980s Gave Us One of the Most Over-the-Top Kung-fu Movies of All Time|Collider
  4. ^ a b How Everything Everywhere All At Once Became a Best Picture Winner|TIME
  5. ^ The Incendiary Cinema of Ringo Lam on Notebook|MUBI
  6. ^ Bill Gunn|Film Essay|Gagosian Quarterly
  7. ^ Dear Jassi review - Hollywood maximalist makes first Indian movie|Toronto film festival 2023|The Guardian
  8. ^ Tyler Perry's 'For Colored Girls' - Review - The New York Times
  9. ^ Bay Watch - Film Comment
  10. ^ The 50 Best Good Bad Movies - The Ringer
  11. ^ 15 Directors With a Signature Style|ScreenRant
  12. ^ Highest Grossing Directors of All Time - Screen Rant
  13. ^ Zack Snyder’s Favorite Films, From ‘A Clockwork Orange’ to ‘Blue Velvet’
  14. ^ Streaming: Army of the Dead and cinema's best zombie films|Movies|The Guardian
  15. ^ Top Films of 2021 — 15-11|In Review Online
  16. ^ a b Zack Snyder Films Are the Definition of Maximalist Excess - The Escapist
  17. ^ The Urgency of Sundance's 'Issue' Films in 2020 - The Atlantic
  18. ^ 'Saltburn' basks in excess and bleak comedy: Pop Culture Happy Hour : NPR
  19. ^ 'I didn't want to do another movie with Bill Murray - there was too much pressure' - Sofia Coppola - independet.ie
  20. ^ Tony Scott Made Movies as a Maximalist - The New York Times
  21. ^ The 14 Best Val Kilmer Movies Ranked|/Film
  22. ^ The Unusual Genius of the "Resident Evil" Movies|The New Yorker
  23. ^ Brazil: five films that may have influenced Terry Gilliam's dystopian masterpiece|BFI
  24. ^ You Don't Nomi Movie Review - Book and Film Globe
  25. ^ Born 100 Years Ago, Filmmaker Federico Fellini Captured The Messiness Of Life|WAMU
  26. ^ Coming in December - Metrograph
  27. ^ 7 of Pedro Almodovar's most stylish films (including his latest, Pain and Glory)|Vogue India
  28. ^ ReFocus: The Films of Xavier Dolan - Google Books (pg.3)
  29. ^ 18 Comedies So Funny You'll Cry With Laughter|ScreenRant
  30. ^ Darkman|Screen Slate
  31. ^ March-April 2020 - Film Comment
  32. ^ Observations on film art : Friendly books, books by friends
  33. ^ Will Steven Spielberg's Lincoln Sweep the 2012 Oscars?|Vanity Fair
  34. ^ Steven Spielberg's 'BFG' Box Office Flop: Has Spielberg Lost Touch? - Variety
  35. ^ Has "The Revenant" established Alejandro G. Inarritu as today's most acclaimed director?|Read|The Take
  36. ^ Quentin Tarantino's Films As Infographics - Vulture
  37. ^ The Misunderstood Ambition of "Hudson Hawk"|The New Yorker
  38. ^ a b Abrams, Simon. "RRR movie review & film summary (2022) | Roger Ebert". RogerEbert.com. Retrieved 2022-07-04.
  39. ^ a b Bui, Hoai-Tran (2022-06-22). "The Daily Stream: RRR Is A Maximalist Epic That Puts Hollywood Blockbusters To Shame". SlashFilm.com. Retrieved 2022-07-04.
  40. ^ In the Realm of the Senses: The Egyptian Stories of Youssef Chahine on Notebook|MUBI
  41. ^ Review: Dietrich & von Sternberg in Hollywood on Criterion Blu-ray - Slant Magazine
  42. ^ a b c Eugene Kotlyarenko is Telling God's Honest Truth - Interview Magazine
  43. ^ For the Filming of Widescreen Snowscapes and Against the Interpretation of Dreams on Notebook|MUBI
  44. ^ Bitter Pill: Kathryn Andrews at the Nasher Sculpture Center|Glasstire
  45. ^ The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp, Directed by The Archers|Talk Cinema
  46. ^ When Jean-Claude Van Damme became Hong Kong’s gateway to Hollywood / The Dissolve
  47. ^ Upcoming Animated Movies Your Kids Will Get Excited For |/Film
  48. ^ Best Anime Movies of All Time (Top 100) - Paste
  49. ^ The Best Movies on Crunchyroll - Paste
  50. ^ IT'S ONLY THE END OF THE WORLD: Xavier Dolan's First Misfire – Film Inquiry
  51. ^ How Paul Thomas Anderson sets himself apart from Hollywood's other wunderkinds - Slate Magazine
  52. ^ The 10 Best Modern Ambient Films - Page 2 - Taste of Cinema
  53. ^ After Elvis, Baz Luhrmann Will Make One of His Old Movies Even Longer|Vanity Fair
  54. ^ Navigating 'Australia' - The Week
  55. ^ a b Baz Luhrmann and the Generation of Maximalism - MovieWeb
  56. ^ Bigelow vs. Cameron – IFC Center
  57. ^ Wanting Less and Needing More: Minimalism, Maximalism, Ryusuke Hamaguchi and the Rest of 2021 in film - Filmmaker Magazine
  58. ^ The 20 Best Movie Music & Film Scores of the 2010s|IndieWire
  59. ^ Meet The Director Behind Some Of The Most Disturbing & Unforgettable Films Ever Made|theMusic.com.au
  60. ^ Film List with David McMichael of Hyperreal Film Club - Conflict of Interest
  61. ^ MAXIMALIST FILMS: Gleeful chaos reigns —— Hyperreal Film Club
  62. ^ Observations on film art: Tony and Theo
  63. ^ CC50|Canyon Cinema
  64. ^ 'Total Recall' at 25: Paul Verhoeven's sci-fi still shooks - Los Angeles Times
  65. ^ Revisiting 1980, the Year the Movies Killed Disco - InsiderHook
  66. ^ Xanadu at 40: a mesmerisingly messy musical failure|Musicals|The Guardian
  67. ^ ‘Dunkirk,’ ‘Call Me By Your Name’ top AP’s best 2017 films - Entertainment & Life - telegram.com - Worcester, MA
  68. ^ The mystic maximalism of Darren Aronofsky's "Mother!"|Salon.com
  69. ^ Speed Racer Is Not An Art Film – The Sundae
  70. ^ Review: ‘American Made’ has an undeniable shaggy-dog charm|Movies|journalstar.com
  71. ^ The 90s Film About Three Drag Queens Stranded in Small-Town America|AnOther
  72. ^ A maximalist family romp in ‘The Croods: A New Age”|Movies|nwitimes
  73. ^ Charlie’s Angels: Love it or hate it, the original movie is an unintentional Warholian masterpiece
  74. ^ 'Army of the Dead' Netflix Trailer and Release Date: WATCH - Vulture
  75. ^ 10 great French period films|BFI
  76. ^ 20 Years On, ‘Moulin Rouge!’ (2001) Remains a Metatheatrical, Maximalist Masterpiece — Flip Screen
  77. ^ The Best Movies of 2020 - The Ringer
  78. ^ Safe At Home Blu-Ray Round-Up - The Retro Set
  79. ^ QFT Programme 1993 Jan Special Season on JSTOR
  80. ^ All 25 Martin Scorsese Movies, Ranked - Thrillist
  81. ^ Spike Lee’s Da 5 Bloods Takes On the Black Trauma of Vietnam|The New Republic
  82. ^ Da 5 Bloods review — Spike Lee throws a light on the role of African-American soldiers in Vietnam|Time Out
  83. ^ In The Heights Review: Jon M. Chu's Lin-Manuel Miranda Adaptation Is the Best Hollywood Musical in Years - Paste
  84. ^ The Blues Brothers at 40: a manic musical romp that still sings today|Movies|The Guardian
  85. ^ World of Wong Kar Wai, The Ten Commendnments, Southland Tales and More: Jim Hemphill's Home Video Recommendations|Filmmaker Magazine
  86. ^ Youth gangs, psychic schoolgirls and outer space: the cult films of the 70s|HUNGER TV
  87. ^ 100 Best Thriller Films Of All Time|Time Out London
  88. ^ BLUE IS THE WARMEST COLOUR / OH COMELY - JASON WARD
  89. ^ notcoming.com|Lola Montes
  90. ^ The 25 Most Influential Movie Scenes of the Last 25 Years|Vanity Fair
  91. ^ From Jean-Luc Godard to Federico Fellini: 10 essential Maximalist films|Far Out Magazine
  92. ^ 'Jungle Cruise' film review: a classic summer blockbuster souped up for the modern age|NME Australia
  93. ^ 68 Movies We Can't Wait to Watch in Theaters in 2021 - Film School Rejects
  94. ^ Brian De Palma on how he depicts women in his films|EW.com
  95. ^ Two men and a lady: perspective and 'The Last Duel' : Pop Culture : NPR
  96. ^ MUBI Special: John Carpenter's 1980s: A Double Bill|MUBI
  97. ^ The New Titans: Notes on Michael Bay's "Transformers: Dark of the Moon"|MUBI
  98. ^ The 50 Best Animated Movies|Movies|Empire
  99. ^ 'Pam & Tammy' and the Obsession With '90s Revisionism - The Ringer
  100. ^ 10 great disaster films|BFI
  101. ^ "Pam & Tammy" is compelling viewing but leaves a bitter taste|The Economist
  102. ^ The 10 Best Movie Musicals in Cinema - High On Films
  103. ^ 10 great films about mothers|BFI
  104. ^ 'The Bling Ring' and the new American Dream - Los Angeles Times
  105. ^ Todd Haynes' quiet precision makes Carol one of the year's best films - nashvillescene.com
  106. ^ Dracula | Screen Slate
  107. ^ How Joe Dante Mastered Mainstream Meta Horror From Gremlins to Piranha|Collider
  108. ^ Everything Everywhere All At Once review: A multiverse epic|Digital Trends
  109. ^ Review: 'Everything Everywhere All at Once' offers maximalist madness - Washington Square News
  110. ^ Review: 'The Unbearable Weright of Massive Talent' - Metro Weekly
  111. ^ Five animated films that show the medium isn’t just for kids|Culture|dailynebraskan.com
  112. ^ New website Missing Movies is compiling a listing of non-streaming classics - Little White Lies
  113. ^ What films deserved to make our "best of 1999" list?|AV Club
  114. ^ A Brand New Start Of It: Scorsese's NEW YORK, NEW YORK - Birth.Movies.Death.
  115. ^ Baz Luhrman Gives Maximalism Meaning in Elvis & The Great Gatsby - Collider
  116. ^ Belle review: Mamoru Hosoda revives Beauty and the Beast for an online era - Polygon
  117. ^ What critics say about films showing this week - Cape Cod Times
  118. ^ The 50 Greatest Movie Dance Scenes of All Time - Vulture
  119. ^ ‘Spider-Man: Across The Spider-Verse’ Directors Discuss Their Sequel (Video Interview)|Cartoon Brew
  120. ^ Films of Endearment - Google Books (chapter:"1985: Garden")
  121. ^ How Fantasia Went From A Box Office Bomb To A Cultural Touchstone - Slash Film
  122. ^ 'Into the Spider-Verse' is a hallucinogenic web of pulpy styles - Arkansas Times
  123. ^ I Already Miss the Maximalist Movie - Vulture
  124. ^ Eye on Iñárritu: The Misguided Maximalism of 'Birdman' | - Vague Visages
  125. ^ The Overwhelming Charm of Maximalist Filmmaking - Match Cut
  126. ^ 'Moonage Daydream' is a swirling, maximalist mosaic of Bowie's alter egos|WBUR News
  127. ^ 5 things to watch this weekend - 27 to 29 May|BFI
  128. ^ Margot Robbie's Babylon is either the worst film of 2022 or the best|British GQ
  129. ^ Holiday Stuffing|Movies|Style Weekly
  130. ^ Robert Zemeckis’ Motion Capture Trilogy: The Polar Express, Beowulf, & A Christmas Carol|In Review Online
  131. ^ Artists and Models|Frank Tashlin|In Review Online
  132. ^ The Lighthouse|Robert Eggers|In Review Online
  133. ^ Shite & Sound - Metropolis (1927) & Chopping Mall (1986) on Stitcher
  134. ^ ‘Encanto’ Film Review: Disney Goes to Colombia for a Moving but Overstuffed Family Comedy-Adventure - Yahoo Life
  135. ^ The 10 Best Action Movies of 2022 - Paste
  136. ^ Damien Chazelle: 5 Films That Inspired 'Babylon'|A.frame
  137. ^ The 10 Worst Oscar Bait Movies of All Time, According to Reddit|Collider
  138. ^ How (and where) to watch Oscar-nominated films online|WGN Radio 720 - Chicago's Very Own
  139. ^ Why Netflix's 'Blonde' is facing criticism|Mashable
  140. ^ Babylon IMAX Review: Alarming Maximalist Filmmaking - Back to the Movies
  141. ^ In 2022, Movies Celebrated and Dreaded Spectacle - The Escapist
  142. ^ 'Moulin Rouge' Will Always Be Baz Luhrmann's Maximalist Magnum Opus|Collider
  143. ^ What's With All the Maximalist Movies These Days?|Collider
  144. ^ X-Men: Days of Future Past Is Maximalist Hollywood Filmmaking at Its Best - Slate Magazine
  145. ^ Optic Antics - Google Books (pg.15)
  146. ^ Mother India (BFI Film Classics) - Google Books (pg.102)
  147. ^ Research Handbook on Communicating Climate Change - Google Books (pg.331)
  148. ^ Raising Hell: Ken Russell and the Unmaking of The Devils - Google Books (Section 4)
  149. ^ Robert Bresson (Revised) - Google Books (pg.440)
  150. ^ Shadows, Specters, Shards - Google Books (pg.37)
  151. ^ The end has no end: why Hollywood should stop splitting movies into two|Movies|The Guardian
  152. ^ Beau is Afraid an epic of anxiety|News|recorderonline.com
  153. ^ Greta Gerwig Talks About the Maximalist Approach She Used For BARBIE and How Shakespeare Inspired The Movie — GeekTyrant
  154. ^ 'Renaissance: A Film by Beyoncé' is maximalist excellence : Pop Culture Happy Hour : NPR
  155. ^ Review: Everything will happen in ‘The Sweet East,’ a maximalist, nonchalant teenage odyssey - Columbia Daily Spectator
  156. ^ Noir Affect - Google Books (ch."Peripheral Noir, Mediation, and Captitalism: Noir Form, NoirMediascape, Sociological Noir"
  157. ^ Rosamund Pike Says 'Saltburn' Is a "Delicious" New Film|Observer
  158. ^ 'Elvis' Is Utterly Disorienting. That’s the Point. - The Atlantic
  159. ^ The Heroic Trio|Alamo Drafthouse Cinema
  160. ^ Studio Ghibli's The Boy And The Heron Screened At TIFF – Here's What People Are Saying|/Film
  161. ^ 10 Movies From The '70s & '80s We Wished Were In IMAX - Screen Rant
  162. ^ The Weird, Fearless Partnership Behind 'Poor Things' - The Atlantic

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